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In Regalia 3 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Loving the cards so far. How much Posture does each character/NPC have? Or is that one of those hidden, GM-only stats you alluded to earlier?


Indeed. But, it's similar to the 'health' bar. NPCs will vary a lot, of course, but all the player characters have the same amount. I'm planning to add more core cards that manipulate this, just like there are 2 cards for 'critical hit/damage'. But, your specific character/Dominant cards can also be 'buffs', if you want them to.
In Regalia 6 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay

[Location] Food Stands
[Time] Sunday, 07:30
[Interactions] @vietmyke@Silly@Aeolian

Akamu was as reassuring as ever, truly a lighthouse in stormy seas. Perhaps Laura was biased on the matter, but people all around him always seemed to listen and take comfort in his presence. Laura could not do much else other than to heed the man’s word and fall for his mesmerism. And, if that was not enough, the dark haired beauty with a voluptuous figure that kings would wage war over certainly had Laura convinced. The blonde’s eyes widened and her lips separated into a stupefied default, just staring at Nia for a few seconds, faintly hearing what was being said. Laura’s dumb expression slowly turned into a blushing smile, which she casually covered with a hand, keeping eye contact with the dark beauty.

The only response that Laura could crack after Nia had delivered her thoughts on the situation was “Wow...” and then catching herself in embarrassment, a few teeth nibbling on her lower lip. “I mean, you’re right, I’ll see to them in a moment. I’m just a bit take aback – I mean, I’ve seen you before, in a video, and you look a bit different in person, but in a good way. So, it’s nice to meet you.” Laura smiled with rosy cheeks at the dark beauty, and then nodded at big bother’s approval of Nia’s suggestions.

Laura was brought back down to earth from her little high when the Dreamer made an appearance in the conversation. The young man was like a holy relic, revered in more than one way by so many, and an illustrious profession to go with it. Laura returned the bow and said “The honor is entirely ours, Dreamer.” The blonde was thoroughly distracted by these two wonderful Regalia that had decided to make themselves known in the masses. Luckily, there were urgent matters to discuss, which was the perfect interruption for Laura’s fangirl intoxication.

The entourage had come to halt by the food stands. The lovely scent of enticing meats and freshly baked bread filled the air and probably made bystanders hungry despite the pressing situation with the meteor shower, which refused to stop. The families that had followed Laura and Akamu found themselves inching closer to the conversation. They were naturally curious and worried at the same time about what was unfolding, and if there were any plans for the security detail to make a statement. Laura paid close attention to the back and forth between Akamu and the security guy, which seemed more like Akamu just telling them what to do. A faint chuckled escaped Laura as Akamu’s voice became stern, covering her smile with her hand so as not to distract the moment. Those little swings out of his typically jolly self were rare, and she had only seen it once before. Laura nestled into the man’s embrace as much as she could, gracing her lips against his cheek again, and listening to his instructions with great attention, even though a faint worry about him lingered in the back of her mind.

As they were about to lead everyone to a safer environment, commotion and screams could be heard coming from the harbor area. The noise was somewhat drowned by the sounds from the food stands and all the people and children moving about, but it would not be difficult for Regalia to notice. “Something’s happening by the beach,” Laura said as she turned around towards the source of the disturbance. Only a few seconds passed before the masses became aware of what was happening, and when some individuals came running in panic from the direction of the harbor, things began to spiral out of control. The families that were close to Laura and the others had different ideas of what was considered ‘safe’. Some of them simply grabbed their kids and began hastily walk away, whereas others clung onto the Regalia that they knew.

Laura was too short to see it herself because of her angle with the harbor and some objects blocking her view, but the threat made itself known nonetheless. Libra was no stranger to monstrous creatures. Throughout all of history, animals had come in contact with Crystals and consumed them for whatever reasons or by accident, and then grown in size and gained terrifying abilities. Nothing screamed ‘monster’ more than a wolf the size of an elephant shooting laser beams of some unknown element out of its eyes. While these occurrences were rare and not as extreme as old folk tales would have you believe, they did happen. However, the hideous things that had swarmed out of the waters of Landow were completely unknown to this world. They were large, crustacean-like mutations, the size of a normal dog, with razor sharp teeth, covered with carapace of varying hues and many limbs. The sight of them moving as thick, rapid liquid in swarms was surely terrifying, even for the likes of elite soldiers and Regalia.

The security detail drew their weapons and opened fire as soon as the things lunged at a group of people closer to the harbor, devouring them in seconds like starving piranha. Laura and the families still around flinched and kept their heads down. All the children were already crying, expressions of pure horror on their faces, clinging to their mothers, some of them holding on to Laura. Everything happened so fast, and total chaos erupted among the people at the festival, as the hostile and seemingly endless swarm approached. The gunfire was deafening, but the creatures seemed to be rather fragile to its destructive force. However, what the monstrosities lacked in endurance, they made up for in numbers and speed. “Change! Change! Change!” Laura’s security detail shouted at her while firing his weapon. There was no time to make it to any shelter or basement. The remaining families would be devoured to the bone within a minute unless the Regalia at the festival acted. The alien force was overwhelming, and the security detail, while able to stand their ground quite well, would succumb to the same fate as the families a minute later.

Laura closed her eyes for a second. The image of Gaia came to her mind instantly, the serene woman of the planet smiling at her. Tiny flowers and grass sprouted through cracks of the concrete at Laura’s feet, and the sweet scent of pine tree filled the air around her. The transformation itself happened within a second. Depending on who the Dominant of a Regalia is, the change might look quite bizarre. Laura grew tall and her skin turned green with roots and leaves replacing her clothes, which were torn and left on the ground. The children around her stood in awe and their attention was on Gaia immediately, feeling a sense of relief and distraction from the danger. Laura hovered a few inches above the ground in her Dominant form, breathing in and out at a meditative pace. She slowly descended and sat on the ground, opening her arms for the children and their families to come closer. A translucent, shimmering barrier of a spherical shape emanated from Laura and engulfed everyone that were close by. Inside this soothing dome, sounds from the outside became almost completely silent, vision of the outside was hazy, the pleasant scent of pine tree was more intense, and Gaia’s residue saturated the people in a calming state of mind.

Gaia cast a glance at Akamu. While she did not verbally express anything, the intent of the emotion in her eyes were clear. There was nothing that was more important for Laura to do at this time, and this location had to be protected in any way possible. She had to sacrifice a lot of her attention and focus to keep these people safe and calm, so any heroic deeds were out of the question for her. The barrier of some greenish tint could to some extent physically block things from entering, but there was no telling what these outlandish insects could do or how powerful they were.


[Location] Landow, Estren
[Date/Time] Sunday, 07:30, September 15
[Weather] Partially cloudy, sunny
[Temperature] 16c / 60f


In Regalia 7 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Edit:

Updating combat cards in the first OOC post, under the Codex!
In Regalia 8 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
In Regalia 14 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
So, @rabidbacon will take a break from us as well. Hopefully we can reconnect later on when things are stable.

@Aeolian@vietmyke@Tlaloc@Teyao@TokyoPewPew@Silly

I think it might be time for me to say something about activity/consistency: I don't want to have to remind people to post in a game that I run. It only shows that the person isn't interested enough, so there's no point in participating. It also makes it seem like I'm forcing someone to do this, which isn't the case as you are here of your on volition.

If the game is no longer interesting to you, then just tell me. I respect that a lot more than half-assing everything, making others wait. This leads us to the posting schedule. The 10-day limit is there to allow other things in life to disrupt you. It's not there to stroke laziness and everyone posting at the last minute.

I don't like to type this kind of stuff up as rules beforehand because it's just common courtesy, adult responsibility, or just friendly consideration -- call it whatever you want. This is especially true if others are waiting for your posts in order to continue. This is a very team oriented hobby, so selfishness and lone-wolf stuff doesn't really work.
In Regalia 16 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Aku the Samurai has decided to take a little break from this game for now. I hope they'll return further down the line! We'll stay in touch and Aku is welcome to hang around the Discord server as well.

@rabidbacon Chat with me on Discord when you're able!

@Aeolian@vietmyke@Tlaloc@Teyao@TokyoPewPew@Silly

And a question for everyone: are you okay with 'character stats' in the combat system? I wasn't planning on doing that to keep it simple, but I've done it before for sure. If you're okay with it, then I have no issues with including it again in this game.

In Regalia 17 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay

[Location] Harbor ➙ Food Stands
[Time] Sunday, 07:00 - 07:30
[Interactions] @vietmyke

A slight déjà vu befell Laura when he mentioned his name, Mathias Voss. Where had she heard that before? She could swear on all things holy that the name rang a bell. It must have been mentioned in one of the countless ‘lore’ videos about Regalia that Laura had seen, but she just could not place it in the heat of the moment. Her suspicion that Mathias was Regalia himself was just within reach of being revealed before they were all interrupted by the wonder in the skies and the children being elated. Laura wanted to ask Mathias what he was about to say about Regalia, but the security detail was so adamant about relocating that the inquiry slipped her mind. She returned Mathias’s bow and wished him well before the crowd of kids and parents surrounding her slowly set off towards the food stands.

“Come on then!” Laura smiled at Akamu, as the jolly mountain caught up. No matter where they were in the world, children always came flocking and seemed to feel comfortable around the duo. Laura had not given it much thought before, but it struck her now that it was likely because of Gaia being the first Dominant that the children were introduce to, and Titan not only being a related element but also a friendly presence. “And you can never get rid of these kids easily!” Laura chuckled, watching the little one sit on Akamu’s shoulders and steer him like a robot. She threw a glance beyond Akamu, and slightly over her own shoulder, to see that herds of people were starting to move in the same directions as them. “Uhu, seems like they take this seriously,” she said with muted tone. There was little room for personal musings, however, as the talk of food was at the tip of everyone’s tongues. “Seafood for breakfast?!” Laura gasped. “What kind of seafood do you eat for breakfa—?”

Laura’s words were interrupted by a powerful thunderclap sounding above them in the sky. It was followed by a rumbling roar that she had never experienced before. The shooting stars were all of a sudden extremely close, splashing into the bay just a few kilometers off of Landow’s shore. Laura and many around her flinched at the intimidating sounds, many of the children starting to cry and running for their parents. Small but burning hot debris from the meteors rained down over the festival. The thought of one of the meteors hitting the festival itself certainly began to spread a bit of panic. The security detail dropped all manner of formal courtesy and almost pushed Laura and Akamu forward – “We really have to move,” one of the masked men said with a blank tone. Laura took a step back to avoid being touched by the soldier. Her composure was starting to wane. “If one of these meteors are about to hit us, then we have to change. Are you going to like shoot us or something if we do that?” Laura spoke with a hurried voice, her North Accadian accent starting spill into her words of worry. The security detail was silent for a brief moment. “No, Miss Genevieve, we’re not going to shoot you, but we strongly advise that you use your form as a last resort, preferably at our request. So, with all due respect, let's move to a more secure position where you will not be hit by the debris.” The man did not wait for an answer or acknowledgment from Laura, but simply continued to conspire with Akamu’s security detail, urging everyone in the strongest possible fashion to move forward.

The meteor shower refused to subside. Laura was too distracted to notice, but none of the impacts happened on land. Anything that was close enough to Landow to be seen and heard struck water, almost as if there was intelligence behind their trajectory. As intimidating as the spectacle had become, it was to no surprise that Laura and Akamu had amassed an even larger following of children and their families. If something were to actually happen, these people knew they stood a better chance of avoiding injury when close to Regalia, especially Laura and Akamu, who were known for being protective and healing. “What do we do, big brother?” Laura stepped closer to Akamu as they ventured further towards the food stands and downtown. “Like, are you able to stop a meteor? You can jump at it and punch it or something.” She chuckled, still keeping things lighthearted in a trembling situation.
In Regalia 17 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay

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[Location] Landow, Estren
[Date/Time] Sunday, 07:00 - 07:30, September 15
[Weather] Partially cloudy, sunny
[Temperature] 16c / 60f


In Regalia 23 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
I'm guessing there's some kind of cost system, where each card is allotted a point value based on how powerful it is, and then each of us can have X points active at a time? Or maybe we have mana pools?

Anyway, in the Discord you said "Dominant-specific abilities" and I was sold lol I am overflowing with ideas for based Odinism


Yes, somewhere in that realm! So, you have 15 'points' of this value in a combat post, which resets with each combat post. And you can see the 'cost' of in a number by the description box of said card. So, from the example cards, the "Orb" elemental magic/card costs 3 points. We might have to adjust the 'points' in combat posts as we progress, if it becomes too easy or tedious.

Yess, Dominant-specific and Character-specific are a go. So, collect your ideas and send them my way :) I'm expanding the 'general' cards as well, but we have some time before any actual combat happens, so there's no rush.
In Regalia 28 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
The cards look stellar. However, depending on how many cards are used, posts could become a little graphically cluttered at times. How do you want us to format our posts when including these cards to ensure a clean and seamless aesthetic is maintained?


A hider at the bottom of the post. It would be way too cluttery otherwise, yeah.
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